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Continuing use of laptop with LCD failure
Hello,
So it seems that my laptop has undergone an LCD failure, as identified by the flashing lights, and as I'm at university I cant currently get it repaired and I need to continue working. Is it safe for me to continue using it, as I have a monitor that I normally have as an auxilliary but will now have to become the sole display. I am just wondering weather it will further damage it or anything. Also do you think it will be repairable? it seems as if the rest of its functionality has been conserved.
Thanks.
This Old CPU
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Posted March 16th, 2021 13:00
I have take apart numerous laptops and used their mainboards with external displays exclusively via HDMI / VGA. I've never seen an LCD prevent a post without an electrical issue such a shorting. Worst case you may need to disconnect and tape off the LCD ribbon to prevent the system from detecting the DV signal from the display, thus defaulting to the external port.
ejn63
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Posted March 16th, 2021 12:00
As long as the system continues to recognize the display, an external monitor will work. On most models, if the display totally fails, the system will not POST completely.
As for whether it's worth a display replacement, that's a judgement only you can make.